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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uhu74" data-source="post: 3268147" data-attributes="member: 126376">Would you accept it when you buy a brand new a Rolls Royce, and you find out the doors are squeeking and the steering wheel feels notchy, has play and is hard to drive in a straight line?If you could feel the focuser of my little SV, I'm sure you would send it back in a heartbeat as well, and you wouldn't pretend if bad Swarovski focusers are non existent like you do now.And when you would have experienced the same as what I have with Swaro service, I don't think you would make fun of it anymore as well.We can just call it luck for you, or bad luck for me, but although I only own Swarovski binos and like them very, VERY much, if I have to name one weak(er) point, it surely would be the focuser. The focuser of my 50 is fine though, but it has a little bit of mechanical play in the focus knob. Fortunately there is no slack in the focus mechanism itself, so I'll take that for granted. The feel of this focuser (if it didn't have play) could be a perfect example for how a perfect focuser should feel. That's why I can't understand the sample variation is so big for a Alpha manufacturer. Some are almost perfect, some are totally $hit. I think I am the perfect example here.Long story short, after forking out so much money for a bino, it's for each to his/her own to decide if the feel of the focuser is on the same level as the price.Kind regards,Gijs</blockquote>